All Equines should learn to drive

Or rather BE driven, I guess that is.

Our mare, Tessa, is trained to be driven and we have an antique buggy that we hitch her to and have a blast driving around on pretty days. We are eyeing the donkey for this idea also.. a little donkey that would pull a little tiny cart and we could drive.. That'd be quite quaint, don't you think? We saw a pony/donkey cart on Craigslist and went to look at it.. a 2-wheeled pony cart with little tiny leather harness. But they wanted too much money for it. Still searching.

In the meantime, "Sweet Pea".. (that's the donkey name she came with and we haven't come up with anything better yet) is quite the cuddle-bug. She LOVES people and will follow us around like a puppydog. She does NOT like dogs and is astoundingly quick with her front legs and feet and could charge and pummel an unwary dog into the ground with lightning speed! She is learning to trust and accept our dogs though and they are definitely learning to respect her. She's not too wild about cats getting too close either. I can see why donkeys are good protectors of sheep and goats.

We have something sleeping in the barn at night. Every morning we see a tidy little bird-nest looking cozy spot dug into the soft hay and straw in one of the horse's stalls. Never the donkey. I guess she would not put up with such an intruder. But every morning, in either Tessa's stall or Big Red's stall, there will be a very comfy, cozy round nest built deep into the straw about 1 ft in diameter. Would love to know what it is. The horses seem perfectly ok with it. Hope it's not skunks. We've had enough of those!